The novel and I am hoping the show are a fictionalized version of historical events sort of like the Last Kingdom (based on the Saxon stories books by Cromwell) that use real history as a backdrop to the story.Looks interesting. I tend to be a sucker for historical shows with Rome being one of my all time favorite shows so I'll check it out. Hopefully this leads to a bit of resurgence in dramatizations of classical history like Greece, Egypt, Mesopotamia, etc...
Good to hear, I saw it late last night when I opened D+ but figured I'd wait until tonight when it is not so late to actually watch an episode.Dropped last night. Very solid so far.
The novel and I am hoping the show are a fictionalized version of historical events sort of like the Last Kingdom (based on the Saxon stories books by Cromwell) that use real history as a backdrop to the story.
yep. I was confused because I kept getting ads on my tablet to stream now but FX was airing it at 10 PM. So eventually I watched on Hulu while working out on the bike. Not bad to start offHulu had it up before they aired on TV, so look for that next week
I'm watching Fargo so I open the app yesterday morning and the page for Shogun with "Watch Now" shows upyep. I was confused because I kept getting ads on my tablet to stream now but FX was airing it at 10 PM. So eventually I watched on Hulu while working out on the bike. Not bad to start off
Didnt recognize him which character is he?Just completed Episode 2 I haven't been this excited watching a show in a while.
Lol at the bad guy from Fast and the Furious V being in episode 2.
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He's one of the Portugese fathers he might have been on the shipDidnt recognize him which character is he?
From what I've seen this seems to be the case. Though finishing the second episode tonight I wonder how the Portuguese feel about it, especially when unlike with Japanese they're frequently 'talking' in Portuguese but it's just English coming out. Can't win them all I guessI really like how authentic and historical it feels. Disney may be the parent company, but it doesn't look or feel anything like a typical Disney series so far. Not once did I roll my eyes at dialogue or characters that seemed out of place for 1600 Japan and, like the above article suggests, it seems like a series that the Japanese may like as much as us Westerners. Speaking of dialogue, I was surprised and relieved that most of it is in Japanese. I sort of expected the show to be almost entirely in English and to be a bit bothered by that immersion breaker. You have to be OK with subtitles if you're going to watch this. As a history fan, I also liked the attention put on the Catholics and Protestants hating each other, since religious motives are often left out of historical movies and shows, even when conflicts were based on them.